More countries ease lockdown restrictions

A couple kisses in front of the sea as Italy begins a staged end to a nationwide lockdown in Catania, May 4. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello

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A couple kisses in front of the sea as Italy begins a staged end to a nationwide lockdown in Catania, May 4. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello

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A hairdresser cuts the hair of a customer at Madrid's oldest barbershop, on the first day of opening in Madrid, Spain, May 4. REUTERS/Sergio Perez

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A hairdresser cuts the hair of a customer at Madrid's oldest barbershop, on the first day of opening in Madrid, Spain, May 4. REUTERS/Sergio Perez

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People have lunch in a Taiwanese hot pot style restaurant that reopened after the easing of restrictions with the implementation of a plastic barrier and social distancing measures, in Bangkok, Thailand, May 4. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

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People have lunch in a Taiwanese hot pot style restaurant that reopened after the easing of restrictions with the implementation of a plastic barrier and social distancing measures, in Bangkok, Thailand, May 4. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

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A man runs in a field on the first day of the easing of the nationwide lockdown in Larnaca, Cyprus May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

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A man runs in a field on the first day of the easing of the nationwide lockdown in Larnaca, Cyprus May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

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Domenico di Massa plays with his granddaughter Cecilia for the first time in two months after Italy allowed families to see each other again in Rome, Italy, May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

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Domenico di Massa plays with his granddaughter Cecilia for the first time in two months after Italy allowed families to see each other again in Rome, Italy, May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Yara Nardi

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French Henri de Chassey, wearing a protective face mask, kisses his partner Margaux Rebois, who is returning to Paris on board a Thalys high-speed train after spending two months in Brussels, at Midi/Zuid station on the first day of the easing of...more

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French Henri de Chassey, wearing a protective face mask, kisses his partner Margaux Rebois, who is returning to Paris on board a Thalys high-speed train after spending two months in Brussels, at Midi/Zuid station on the first day of the easing of lockdown measures, in Brussels, Belgium, May 4. REUTERS/Yves Herman

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A police officer asks a woman to put on her protective mask, as Portugal eases the lockdown, at Cais do Sodre station in Lisbon, May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante

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A police officer asks a woman to put on her protective mask, as Portugal eases the lockdown, at Cais do Sodre station in Lisbon, May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante

A rally organised by small business owners stops by the Rialto bridge to commemorate the health care workers who died amid the outbreak, in Venice, Italy, May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri

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A rally organised by small business owners stops by the Rialto bridge to commemorate the health care workers who died amid the outbreak, in Venice, Italy, May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri

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Olga Prades helps bride Isabel Jimenez try on a wedding dress, as they both wear protection masks and gloves, at her bridal shop Innovias, on the first day that some small businesses are allowed to open in Madrid, Spain, May 4, 2020. "It's being a...more

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Olga Prades helps bride Isabel Jimenez try on a wedding dress, as they both wear protection masks and gloves, at her bridal shop Innovias, on the first day that some small businesses are allowed to open in Madrid, Spain, May 4, 2020. "It's being a very stressful experience. My wedding is scheduled for July and I hope we won't have to postpone it, but at this point we are not a hundred percent sure of what will happen," Jimenez said. REUTERS/Susana Vera

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A man exercises in protective gloves at Epicentrum's Gym, one of the businesses that reopened after a shutdown in Belgrade, Serbia, May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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A man exercises in protective gloves at Epicentrum's Gym, one of the businesses that reopened after a shutdown in Belgrade, Serbia, May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

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A protest organized by Venetian merchants takes place in the city as Italy begins a staged end to a nationwide lockdown, in Venice, Italy, May 4. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri

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A protest organized by Venetian merchants takes place in the city as Italy begins a staged end to a nationwide lockdown, in Venice, Italy, May 4. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri

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Performers wearing protective face shields perform at the Erawan Shrine, after the government started opening some restaurants outside shopping malls, parks and barbershops, in Bangkok, Thailand, May 4. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

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Performers wearing protective face shields perform at the Erawan Shrine, after the government started opening some restaurants outside shopping malls, parks and barbershops, in Bangkok, Thailand, May 4. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

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A police officer addresses the crowd at Guaranty Trust bank, as authorities ease the lockdown, in Abuja, Nigeria May 4. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

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A police officer addresses the crowd at Guaranty Trust bank, as authorities ease the lockdown, in Abuja, Nigeria May 4. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

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A woman wearing a face mask pours beer from a tap as Italy begins a staged end to the nationwide lockdown in Catania, May 4. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello

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A woman wearing a face mask pours beer from a tap as Italy begins a staged end to the nationwide lockdown in Catania, May 4. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello

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An ice cream vendor wears a protective face shield on the first day of easing of the nationwide lockdown, in Nicosia, Cyprus, May 4. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

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An ice cream vendor wears a protective face shield on the first day of easing of the nationwide lockdown, in Nicosia, Cyprus, May 4. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou

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A couple kisses at Duomo Square in Catania, Italy, May 4.
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A couple kisses at Duomo Square in Catania, Italy, May 4.
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Dermatologist Marta Maria Moratinos wears protective gear as she does a skin check-up on Gonzalo Hurtado at her clinic, on the first day that some small businesses are allowed to open in Madrid, Spain, May 4, 2020. "I feel thankful we have been...more

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Dermatologist Marta Maria Moratinos wears protective gear as she does a skin check-up on Gonzalo Hurtado at her clinic, on the first day that some small businesses are allowed to open in Madrid, Spain, May 4, 2020. "I feel thankful we have been allowed to open. I've had to ask for a personal loan to rescue the business," Moratinos said. REUTERS/Susana Vera

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Elderly people wearing protective masks read newspapers as they sit on benches, during the hours in which the elderly are allowed to be outdoors, in Barcelona, Spain, May 4. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

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Elderly people wearing protective masks read newspapers as they sit on benches, during the hours in which the elderly are allowed to be outdoors, in Barcelona, Spain, May 4. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

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A child enters a store, as the country relaxes lockdown measures, on the island of La Graciosa, Spain, May 4.
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A child enters a store, as the country relaxes lockdown measures, on the island of La Graciosa, Spain, May 4.
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A woman arranges a shop window before its reopening in downtown Lisbon, Portugal, May 4. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante

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A woman arranges a shop window before its reopening in downtown Lisbon, Portugal, May 4. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante

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A restaurant employee wears a protective mask while she stands at the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, as Italy begins a staged end to the nationwide lockdown, in Milan, May 4.
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A restaurant employee wears a protective mask while she stands at the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, as Italy begins a staged end to the nationwide lockdown, in Milan, May 4.
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Locals walk at a mall as South Africa starts to relax some aspects of a nationwide lockdown, in Soweto, May 4. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

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Locals walk at a mall as South Africa starts to relax some aspects of a nationwide lockdown, in Soweto, May 4. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

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A funeral takes place in Catania as Italy's new lockdown easing allows up to 15 people at funerals, in Catania, Italy, May 4. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello

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A funeral takes place in Catania as Italy's new lockdown easing allows up to 15 people at funerals, in Catania, Italy, May 4. REUTERS/Antonio Parrinello

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George Chrisohoidis gives a hair treatment to his customer at Hairplayers hair salon on the first day of the easing of a nationwide lockdown, in Thessaloniki, Greece, May 4.
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George Chrisohoidis gives a hair treatment to his customer at Hairplayers hair salon on the first day of the easing of a nationwide lockdown, in Thessaloniki, Greece, May 4.
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Women wearing protective masks walk with their bikes in the park in the Porta Nuova district, in Milan, Italy, May 4.
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Women wearing protective masks walk with their bikes in the park in the Porta Nuova district, in Milan, Italy, May 4.
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Anti-police brutality activists gathered by the thousands in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in various European and African cities, highlighting allegations of abuse of black prisoners by their jailers, social and economic inequality, and institutional racism lingering from colonial pasts.

The mayor of Washington renamed a street in front of the White House "Black Lives Matter Plaza" and had the slogan painted in huge yellow letters on the roadway in an apparent rebuke of President Trump's militaristic response to nationwide protests over police brutality.

Protests against the police killing of George Floyd sweep across America and onto the main street of Anna, Illinois, where nearly a century ago this rural town of 4,200 residents expelled most of its African-American residents, according to historians.

Mexicans protest police brutality in the country's second-largest city, Guadalajara, calling for authorities to be held accountable for the death in custody of a local man allegedly arrested over not wearing a face mask in public.

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